Sugar Utilisation and Conservation of the gal-lac Gene Cluster in Streptococcus thermophilus

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-17

  Van Den Bogaard, Patrick T C ^a   Hols, Pascal ^b   Kuipers, Oscar P ^a   Kleerebezem, Michiel ^a   De Vos, Willem M ^a  

^a NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gal lac genes; Lactic acid bacteria; Lactose metabolism; Streptococcus thermopbilus

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; LACTOSE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA DETERMINATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 1542348445     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0723-2020-00258     Document Type: Article

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